stock (stɒk
)
Definitions
noun
- (sometimes plural) the total goods or raw material kept on the premises of a shop or business
- ((as modifier) ⇒
a stock clerk
stock book
- a supply of something stored for future use ⇒
he keeps a good stock of whisky
- finance
- the capital raised by a company through the issue and subscription of shares entitling their holders to dividends, partial ownership, and usually voting rights
- the proportion of such capital held by an individual shareholder
- the shares of a specified company or industry
- (formerly) the part of an account or tally given to a creditor
- the debt represented by this
- standing or status
- farm animals, such as cattle and sheep, bred and kept for their meat, skins, etc
- ((as modifier) ⇒
stock farming
- the trunk or main stem of a tree or other plant
- horticulture
- a rooted plant into which a scion is inserted during grafting
- a plant or stem from which cuttings are taken See also rootstock
- the original type from which a particular race, family, group, etc, is derived
- a race, breed, or variety of animals or plants
- (often plural) a small pen in which a single animal can be confined
- a line of descent
- any of the major subdivisions of the human species; race or ethnic group
- the part of a rifle, sub-machine-gun, etc, into which the barrel and firing mechanism is set: held by the firer against the shoulder
- the handle of something, such as a whip or fishing rod
- the main body of a tool, such as the block of a plane
- short for diestock
, gunstock
, rolling stock
- (formerly) the part of a plough to which the irons and handles were attached
- the main upright part of a supporting structure
- a liquid or broth in which meat, fish, bones, or vegetables have been simmered for a long time
- film material before exposure and processing
- metallurgy
- a portion of metal cut from a bar upon which a specific process, such as forging, is to be carried out
- the material that is smelted in a blast furnace
- gillyflowerany of several plants of the genus any of several plants of the genus Matthiola, such as any of several plants of the genus such as M. incana and any of several plants of the genus such as and M. bicornis (evening or night-scented stock), of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for their brightly coloured flowers: any of several plants of the genus such as and ( or ), of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for their brightly coloured flowers: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- See Virginian stock
- a long usually white neckcloth wrapped around the neck, worn in the 18th century and as part of modern riding dress
- cards a pile of cards left after the deal in certain games, from which players draw
- the repertoire of plays available to a repertory company
- ((as modifier) ⇒
a stock play
- (on some types of anchors) a crosspiece at the top of the shank under the ring
- the centre of a wheel
- an exposed igneous intrusion that is smaller in area than a batholith
- a log or block of wood
- See laughing stock
- an archaic word for stocking
- See in stock
- See out of stock
- See take stock
- See take stock in
- See lock, stock, and barrel
adjective
- staple, standard ⇒
stock sizes in clothes
- (prenominal) being a cliché; hackneyed ⇒
a stock phrase
verb
- (tr) to keep (goods) for sale
- (intr; usually foll by up or up on) to obtain a store of (something) for future use or sale ⇒
to stock up on beer
- (tr) to supply with live animals, fish, etc ⇒
to stock a farm
- (intr) (of a plant) to put forth new shoots
- (tr) obsolete to punish by putting in the stocks
Alternative Forms
ˈstocker noun Word Origin
Old English stocc trunk (of a tree), stem, stick (the various senses developed from these meanings, as trunk of a tree, hence line of descent; structures made of timber; a store of timber or other goods for future use, hence an aggregate of goods, animals, etc); related to Old Saxon, Old High German stock stick, stump
Synonyms
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goods,
merchandise,
wares,
range,
choice,
variety,
selection,
commodities,
array,
assortment,
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lineage,
descent,
extraction,
ancestry,
house,
family,
line,
race,
type,
variety,
background,
breed,
strain,
pedigree,
forebears,
parentage,
line of descent,
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hackneyed,
standard,
usual,
set,
routine,
stereotyped,
staple,
commonplace,
worn-out,
banal,
run-of-the-mill,
trite,
overused,
